In the sunset i see the moon so big it hurt my eyes after a while
at first i barely saw it
like a cloud in the daytime
a pale white shred above the street
setting in the blue sky almost full
the day is too hot
so i call in sick
i am expecting my period
it’s sunday and everyone in the city decided to go to the beach
including us
but we don’t end up making it
even though i want to
back at home when i put on my bathing suit in the bathroom
you were getting into the shower and you said
why are you wearing your bathing suit?
i don’t know why it made me cry
when you asked me that
i thought you forgot we were going to the beach
i have to say
i’m embarrassed by the way i threw myself on the bed
and screamed with my head buried into the pillow
when i thought you forgot we were going to the beach
but really you just didn’t think we’d go in the water
then i remembered that i haven’t cried in a while
and maybe that needed to come out
and maybe that’s why i need to go to the beach today
to see a big body of water
lawton moraga noriega
we drive and drive looking for parking
in the sunset along the avenues
all the families leave the beach at 3
we wait for a family to cross the street
each member on a bicycle
i guess they didn’t drive here
my eyes are sleepy from too much sun
and moon
it’s not supposed to be 90 degrees in san francisco
this is why i left la
we give up on the sunset
we try to go to fort funston
but everyone has the same good idea as me
to go to the beach
the rows of cars shine in the packed parking lot
when we finally decide to go home
i see a hawk circling the pine trees
along comes three crows swinging
swooping their wings
nipping at the hawk
who then flies away
i’ve seen it with my own eyes now
the crows keeping out a hawk
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